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Introduction Endometriosis is a chronic disease associated with debilitating pain that affects at least 6–10% of reproductive age women and people assigned female at birth, independent of whether they identify as female ( Fuldeore & Soliman
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, which leaves the treatment of endometriosis especially susceptible to their effects ( Colloca & Barsky 2020 ). Endometriosis is characterized by endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. It classically presents as cyclical pelvic pain
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Introduction As researchers and clinicians are working to improve the lives of those with endometriosis, this piece aims to highlight the significant financial burden experienced by the large number of affected individuals in our communities
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Introduction Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside of the uterus, affecting about one in ten women during their reproductive age ( Bulun 2009 , Zondervan et al. 2020
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Introduction Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects ~10% of women globally. It is classically associated with a variety of pelvic pain syndromes and subfertility; however, many sufferers also describe heavy periods and tiredness
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Kirinyaga University, Kerugoya, Kenya
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Key points The prevalence of endometriosis in women in Africa is unknown. Women in Africa with symptoms caused by endometriosis experience barriers to diagnosis. Development and implementation of treatments suitable for African
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Introduction Endometriosis is a multi-factorial disease defined by the presence of endometrial stroma or glands outside the uterine cavity. Patients with endometriosis, representing approximately 10–15% of reproductive-aged women, commonly
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Introduction Endometriosis (EMT) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of endometrial-like glands and stroma that can be present within the peritoneal cavity, ovaries, rectovaginal septum, fossa ovarica, uterosacral
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Introduction Endometriosis is a chronic, multisystemic disease of inflammation affecting approximately 10% of the female population ( Eskenazi & Warner 1997 , Zondervan et al. 2018 , 2020 ). It is defined as the extra-uterine growth of
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Introduction Endometriosis is a chronic neuroinflammatory condition affecting ~180 million women worldwide and has a socioeconomic impact similar to diabetes ( Horne & Saunders 2019 ). It is defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue